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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, KIRKLAND, JOHNSON, MYERS, PAYTON, BISHOP AND WILLIAMS, MAY 10, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 10, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Recognizing the achievements of the late Fannetta Nelson Gordon |
2 | and her exemplary record of service on behalf of Alpha Kappa |
3 | Alpha Sorority, Inc. |
4 | WHEREAS, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Legislative Day is |
5 | being observed in the Capitol on May 10, 2011; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Fannetta Nelson Gordon, who died in 2008 at 88 years |
7 | of age, exemplified the finest virtues of human experience as a |
8 | musician, educator and sorority leader; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Ms. Gordon joined Iota Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha |
10 | Sorority as a student at the University of Pittsburgh and later |
11 | served as graduate advisor to the chapter as a member of Alpha |
12 | Omega Chapter in Pittsburgh; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Ms. Gordon was a president of Epsilon Sigma Omega |
14 | Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in Harrisburg and graduate |
15 | advisor to Iota Chi Chapter at Millersville University and Delta |
16 | Gamma Chapter at The Pennsylvania State University; and |
17 | WHEREAS, An accomplished pianist, Ms. Gordon toured with the |
18 | National Negro Opera Company, played with W.C. Handy and |
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1 | accompanied Leontyne Price during Ms. Price's first performance |
2 | at Forbes Field; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Ms. Gordon was fluent in French and German and |
4 | taught English and German in the Pittsburgh Public Schools for |
5 | many years; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Governor Raymond P. Shafer appointed Ms. Gordon to |
7 | the State Board of Education in 1969; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Ms. Gordon served 13 years as senior advisor for |
9 | bilingual education in the Department of Education; and |
10 | WHEREAS, The Westinghouse High School Alumni Association has |
11 | posthumously recognized Ms. Gordon as valedictorian of |
12 | Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Ms. Gordon's sister, Sophia Phillips Nelson, had |
14 | earned recognition as Westinghouse High School's first African- |
15 | American valedictorian in 1934; and |
16 | WHEREAS, A music teacher changed Ms. Gordon's final grade |
17 | from an A to a B to keep her from attaining valedictorian status |
18 | at her 1936 graduation; and |
19 | WHEREAS, Ms. Gordon went on to receive a bachelor of arts |
20 | degree and master of education degree from the University of |
21 | Pittsburgh and master of arts degrees from the University of |
22 | Washington and Franklin and Marshall College; therefore be it |
23 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the |
24 | achievements of the late Fannetta Nelson Gordon and her |
25 | exemplary record of service on behalf of Alpha Kappa Alpha |
26 | Sorority, Inc. |
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